Qt: How to add two widgets (say QPushButton) to the status bar, one to the left and other to the right side?

Question

I would like to add two widgets (say QPushButton) to the status bar, one to the left and other to the right side.

I am thinking of adding horizontal spacer in between the two widgets, but don't know how to add.

PS: I tried using addWidget() to add to the left and addPermanentWidget() to add to the right but it doesn't look neat and also it doesn't feel right.

Answer 1

You can add two buttons to a layout in a widget and add the widget to the status bar using QStatusBar::addWidget :

QWidget * widget = new QWidget();
QPushButton  * leftBut = new QPushButton("Left");
QPushButton  * rightBut = new QPushButton("Right");
QGridLayout * layout = new QGridLayout(widget);
layout->addWidget(leftBut,0,0,1,1,Qt::AlignVCenter | Qt::AlignLeft);
layout->addWidget(rightBut,0,1,1,1,Qt::AlignVCenter | Qt::AlignRight);
ui->statusBar->addWidget(widget,1);